yashsingh1/xdaforums huggingface dataset:
[G2 and Desire Z Android Development] savysb:
Nice job

It's a very good ROM, but unfortunately everything stops working after install. Keyboard, services, you name it...
[G2 and Desire Z Android Development] shak3800:
They said the same for jellybean when icescream was used. Unfortunately as times pass by developers focus on the newest hardware which can support their os easily. They don't really care about the old devices . If that was the case htc would officially release jb for our device instead of having to use custom roms
[G2 and Desire Z Android Development] Kéno40:
Agreed!

We don't have 4.3 on our device because not so many Dev can work on it and a lot of work to do that... I don't really think we will "have a break" soon :)
[G2 and Desire Z Android Development] JayGreeny:
No, thank you masterleron.

You're the reason I held out for so long on getting a new phone. When you still have the latest version of android on a 3 year old phone, and there's no qwerty phones on the market, why upgrade? Long after all other rom makers fell, you continued to forge ahead, doing what others would say was impossible. Forgive the flowery prose; I kinda feel like it's the end of an era.

So, thank you!
[G2 and Desire Z Android Development] DebbieNY13:
A million times... THIS^^^^ !!!! :victory:

I've had this phone for a little over a year and I'm just getting around to flashing upgraded ROMs. I came from a Rhodium, so this is definitely a step up for me, while allowing me to still remain incognito on my carrier's system as a 'dumb' phone... Bwahaha!

As this phone is my 1st entry into the Android world, I've been quite skittish about doing anything to it, until now. The ROM in my signature is the 1st one that I've flashed on my back up Vision (yeah, I love it so much that I bought two!) to play with it before I decide on a 'keeper'.

I'll definitely keep an eye on this thread for updates, while I go back to the old posts. I have no intention of giving this phone up any time soon, so I appreciate all the efforts of those who have worked so hard to keep this device going as long as they have. :good:

Debbie
[G2 and Desire Z Android Development] fireball0093:
I'm an iOS and Android user, and I've always had my eye on the G2/Desire Z. My iPhone 4 died (my fault, I shattered it horribly), and I picked one of these up secondhand for $80, I've had it for about 2 months and I'm in love. xD I have a bad habit of changing ROMs about 4-5 times a week easy.. It's a bad addiction. I'm keeping ahold of this phone for a while, regardless of it's age. I love it.
[G2 and Desire Z Android Development] tentator:
hi,

really loved this rom!!

are there maybe any news on the hw keyboard backlight fix for this rom?

maybe it is same or similar fix of this: http://xdaforums.com/showpost.php?p=31329467&postcount=184

kind regards,

tent:wq
[G2 and Desire Z Android Development] tentator:
up? (anyone about the keyboard backlight?)
[G2 and Desire Z Android Development] masterleron:
Hmmm, I've got some good news for you guys! Building by myself and Never Gone has started (credit goes to him, he has already built his rom) for android 4.3. Kit Kat may have to wait a little longer, but is certainly possible. You can go check out his CM ROM (quite unstable atm) or wait for my (stable) version (with all this ROMs tweaks). It should be here in about a month. Yes, it will be FULLY android 4.3 WITH keyboard backlight fixed! Thanks for your continued support guys!
[G2 and Desire Z Android Development] ekre:
ahw, it sounds so cool :)
[G2 and Desire Z Android Development] Vladimir2k9:
It would AOSP or CM?

Wait for AOSP from you.

Отправлено с моего HTC Vision через Tapatalk
[G2 and Desire Z Android Development] masterleron:
It would be mainly AOSP.
[G2 and Desire Z Android Development] H4rry:
Good news! What an understatement.

Oh man, thanks. From froyo to kitkat. This phone is amazing. Thanks again.
[G2 and Desire Z Android Development] arunal_123:
I would prefer AOSP. I have already flashed CM10.2

But AOSP 4.3 would be much better.

Thanks for your efforts, keep up the good work, will wait for your rom too......
[G2 and Desire Z Android Development] riahc3:
Ill believe it when I see it.

The reason is that master was going to switch over to a Nexus 5. He will problably forget all about the Desire Z and start deving on the Nexus 5 (completely understandable, nothing to say about that)
[G2 and Desire Z Android Development] iamzain:
Have some Faith... Masterlon may be switching to a later technology, but a challenge is a challenge which I think he will meet... Kitkat on an aging device is a worthy challenge I think...
[G2 and Desire Z Android Development] Berrydroidcafe:
Plus from what I read about the way they developed KitKat, it should be able to run the (original) G2 with no problem! :D:cool:

KitKat or Almond Joy?
[G2 and Desire Z Android Development] Whippler:
KitKat might be great. Wasn't JB codenamed project butter? witch it wasn't, and only made things bigger and slower. And kitkat is supposed to be slimmed down back to way the ics is. So i'm looking forward to kitkat. :)
[G2 and Desire Z Android Development] yahya69:
You fixed the backlight? How did you do so? Else, this ROM is awesome, but the broken backlight is a real showstopper!
[G2 and Desire Z Android Development] HuKuToC34:
I've gone to another one: NeverGone's mode of flinny. It already has working backlight and it is really smooth.

Anyway, if you want to use this one, you should install Tasker and do the following steps:

1) click + to add a profile, then tap State -> Hardware->Keyboard out

2) do not tap Invert, go back, there should appear the window asking to add new task. Tap it and give the name [kb bl ON].

3) in this task find the action "set light" and choose "keyboard backlight", then move dot to 255 position.

4) then go back twice: to the screen with profiles. Long tap on "keyboard out" and add anoter state - display->display state->on. then go back to the profiles menu: if everything was correct, you'll have the following:

Keyboard Out

+_________________-> [kb bl ON]

Display State On

5) Now you should long tap on the [kb bl ON] and add the Exit task. So, make another task with name [kb bl OFF], add action "set ligh', choose "keyboard backlight" and leave the dot at 0 position.

6) go back twice, and enjoy. Make sure that final result should be the following:

Keyboard Out____________-> [kb bl ON]

+

Display State On_________<- [kb bl OFF]

I made this few mounths ago, so if there will be any mistakes, don't judge me please, just ask, and i'll find the way to fix it.

upd: i've made the mistake in "Display state" parameter - ofcourse it should be On. Fixed.
[G2 and Desire Z Android Development] yahya69:
Great, awesome, thanks for the instructions! Just, if I may: What's the other ROM you mentioned? Could you link to it? Thanks!!!
[G2 and Desire Z Android Development] HuKuToC34:
check your inbox, it's in.

for anyone else

http://xdaforums.com/showpost.php?p=45885137&postcount=1782
[G2 and Desire Z Android Development] tobyblaze:
hello

masterleron have u released your 4.4.2 version of the HTC vision rom if yes please I need the link n the gaps
[G2 and Desire Z Android Development] captainreynolds:
Hey, does anyone else have consistently over 3-6 load average in your average CPU load data? Accessible through Settings - Developer Tools - Show CPU Usage.

This article explains load averages (http://blog.scoutapp.com/articles/2009/07/31/understanding-load-averages).

Basically, as the G2/Desire Z has one core, an average over 1.00 means the processor is really overloaded. The numbers you see on the top right when you enable show CPU usage are load in the past minute/last 5 minutes/last 15 minutes.

Over the course of 15 minutes, my CPU load is almost always over 6. If I access an app, my past minute load jumps up to 10 and 20. This is not a good thing.

Does anyone else see this on their G2s with this rom? And does anyone have any suggestion as to how I can fix this?
[G2 and Desire Z Android Development] bradley_e_smith:
While I run ICS (not this ROM) as my DD, I turned on cpu load and just watching my phone sitting there the load seems to be like between 5-6 and never lower.
[G2 and Desire Z Android Development] captainreynolds:
Interesting. I guess that's just what we have to take with these newer OSes on our old phone. Thanks for checking.
[G2 and Desire Z Android Development] Berrydroidcafe:
I'm wondering what it would be like running Kit Kat which my G2 is running?

Sent from my Nexus 7 (2013)
[G2 and Desire Z Android Development] captainreynolds:
Tick show CPU load overlay in your Settings - developer settings and let us know!
[G2 and Desire Z Android Development] Killer1desireZ:
Mine is showing 15 average on 15 minutes running flinny's cm11
[G2 and Desire Z Android Development] goodness:
i just updated with this rom but i can not see any application from the andriod keypad.
[G2 and Desire Z Android Development] konawizard:
Masterleron ,

I know I'm late to the party, but your 2.0 works like a charm on my T-Mobile G2. I've had it on for 2 weeks without a glitch!

(It won't make my morning coffee, but nothing's perfect!)

Thanks for giving some respect to this 'senior-citizen' phone with its own gee-whiz hard QWERTY keyboard!
[G2 and Desire Z Android Development] eleph4nt:
Works fine and smoothly. Thank you. Even wifi tethering. Only hw key illumination doesn't.

Odesláno z mého ThL W8
[G2 and Desire Z Android Development] lonely_nino:
today i updated from 1.6 to 2.0.

everything is ok but WiFi hangs on searching for wireless networks.

i flash 1.6 again and there were no problems.

so i should update radio?

EDIT:

updated the radio to 12.62.60.27_26.13.04.19 but still not fixed :|

any idea?
[G2 and Desire Z Android Development] Felix241:
Greetings,

Flashing yesterday ur rom Jellybaby V2.0.

Wonderfull, smooth and fast ! And everything works at my Vision. Wlan/ BT/ GPS / Wonderfull !!!!!

Great work.

One small problem. My backlight from the Hardware keyboard doesnt work. so its hard to write in dark rooms :D Is this a battery tweak ? or can i aktivate it ?

Thx 4 Help and wonderfull Rom.

greetings
[G2 and Desire Z Android Development] bazantik:
[MENTION=4786259]masterleron[/MENTION] :good: JellyBaby is unbelievable! Fast, stable, great work! Thank you, my phone is usable again :)
[G2 and Desire Z Android Development] turkert:
I am using it daily

Thank you Masterleron.
[G2 and Desire Z Android Development] magikstar:
doesn't have sim access

i can't manage my sim contacts
[G2 and Desire Z Android Development] Kéno40:
Seriously, why do you still let your contact on SIM if you don't want to stay on gingerbread?

You have to choose.

Note : To have contacts on SIM is the best way to loose it all !
[G2 and Desire Z Android Development] bibole:
Hello everybody.

Please, do not take much care to my language, i'm french and my english is very bad..

So, here is my problem :

I installed a few weeks ago the AOSP 4.2.2 - Jelly Baby - v2.0.0 ROM on my Desire Z and all was ok, except.. the manual keyboard who's now out, and don't work on when sliding the phone.

I often need this backlight on many situations.

I've looked at several softs on the market:

- Keyboard backlight controller : don't work at all..... on my phone

- LED Backlight Controller (Q2) : this apps must be running to light physical keyboard, and the worst is this message : "Super Administrator right accorded to led.." which appear all the time, and mask the command buttons on this soft window... so i left it back.

I looked all around the forum but no one seem to have the same problem, that's why i try this question here.

When i tried several custom ROMs on my phone before (cyanogenmod, etc..) , i saw that , using Titanium backup pro, a lot of little .apk were stored on the system, and one of those was called HTCZkeyboard.apk (or something like that). So i wondered if a similar small apk, ususaly hidden for no rooted phones, was existing for the keyboard backlight ??? This is just a sugestion. And, if it exist, wil i have to put it in the good directoty without launching complicated internal system commands ??

I'm not the king of SDK manips, so if one of you can explain me step to step how to proceed, i would be happy again.

PS : I don't want to flash again my phone (many nights to do it and reinstall my softs) because this ROM is really stable and work fine with all (camera, softs, etc..). This is not the case of manyy ROMs i tested.

So if s.one can help me ? Thanks

Sorry, my english is really bad.
[G2 and Desire Z Android Development] Kéno40:
You should just instatll this 4.2.2 ROM which is really better and more "à jour" ;)

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=2674767
[G2 and Desire Z Android Development] bibole:
Ouups, i was afraid of this kind of sugestions.... all to reinstall, flash my new ROM and essentials softs installed (with the clockworkmode), etc, etc..

Thank you anyway for your answer..
[G2 and Desire Z Android Development] HTCDreamOn:
Why don't you backup your apps with Titanium backup, then you can swap ROMs and get all your apps installed an no time.
[G2 and Desire Z Android Development] Kéno40:
Or MyBackup Root which is free!
[G2 and Desire Z Android Development] bibole:
Perhaps the developper have any sugestions ?

A few command line to backlight the keyboard when it's slided ?

HELP !!

---------- Post added at 10:42 PM ---------- Previous post was at 10:33 PM ----------

Just because i'm afraid that they will not work again on a new system : Cyanogenmod and sense ROMs are so different !!..

For example, impossible to synchronize my phone with outlook simply using "HTC sync" (data on pc, no cloud....i don't like that.. Big brother will not watch me!) , since i root my phone.

Only" DejaOffice v2.5.9" coupled with "Companion link" (on pc) was able to synchronize agenda and contacts (over than 300 contact and several years of agenda) . I need my phone to work. That's why...

Perhaps i should try what you say. Titanium or MyBackup Root (i haven't experimented this one)

Are you sure that all installed apps will keep the configuration i made before, while using Titanium ?
[G2 and Desire Z Android Development] HTCDreamOn:
You won't be able to backup and reinstall system apps, but all apps you've downloaded and installed from the Play Store/elsewhere will be fine. As far as I know all Android apps are forwards compatible. The only problem you might have is that a developer has created a new app to support the new OS but that just means you'll have to download it again, but this rarely happens. But yes you should be fine. Just make a nandroid backup and if anything goes wrong, you're safe :)
[G2 and Desire Z Android Development] bibole:
Thanks for your answer !

I'm less worried now about that (because was only using clockworkmode backups to restore the whole system if problem).

I'm going to change Rom to Kéno40 sugestion : http://xdaforums.com/show....php?t=2674767

Thanks to all for your help.:good:
[G2 and Desire Z Android Development] patoberli:
I've jus turned on my Desire Z with Jelly Baby 2.0.0 because I have to send in my new phone for repair. I had to discover that I can't install Whatsapp because my phone is not compatible?!?

Do you also have this issue?
[G2 and Desire Z Android Development] Kéno40:
Try to install the apk directly.
[G2 and Desire Z Android Development] patoberli:
Wasn't aware that Whatsapp actually offers their app on their website. This worked :) Thanks
[G2 and Desire Z Android Development] zofox:
R: [ROM][25-02-2013] AOSP - Jelly Baby - v1.1.0

If u want I can upload it to my dropbox account :)

------(se vedi questa barra sto usando tapatalk)------

«Desire Z» inviato da una galassia lontana lontana...
[G2 and Desire Z Android Development] riahc3:
The link is down. Can anyone upload it?

Ill make mirrors.
[G2 and Desire Z Android Development] masterleron:
Re: [ROM][25-02-2013] AOSP - Jelly Baby - v1.1.0

You can if you want. I've uploaded the ROM to Drive now though and edited OP. Gapps to follow shortly. *Edit* Done!:)
[G2 and Desire Z Android Development] 350Rocket:
I fixed my issue with the menu and no launcher settings by installing the playstore version of apex launcher and also splurging for the pro version since I plan on continuing to use it. No other issues so far with this rom except trying to get fastboot working on my computer to flash a different radio.

It currently has a tmobile radio on it and I'm with Telus in Canada, the reception sucks compared to my Nexus One and my girlfriends Iphone 4s also with Telus.
[G2 and Desire Z Android Development] riahc3:
No MD5 checksum? Im going to upload some mirrors but people wont download if there isnt no checksum...

---------- Post added at 10:25 AM ---------- Previous post was at 09:46 AM ----------

12 mirrors:

http://www.mirrorcreator.com/files/1CBRRHRG/Jelly_Baby_v1.1.0.zip_links
[G2 and Desire Z Android Development] Killer1desireZ:
Re: [ROM][25-02-2013] AOSP - Jelly Baby - v1.1.0

Try updating your adb, 4.2 needs the latest adb.exe.
[G2 and Desire Z Android Development] 350Rocket:
Re: [ROM][25-02-2013] AOSP - Jelly Baby - v1.1.0

Didn't want to hijack the thread anymore than I have, but I got fastboot working and flashed a newer bell radio. That and some build.prop tweaks seemed to have no effect on the reception until a random soft reboot occurred and gave an error about sim card being reinstalled and since then it seems better. Kind of weird.
[G2 and Desire Z Android Development] masterleron:
Re: [ROM][25-02-2013] AOSP - Jelly Baby - v1.1.0

So... What do you guys want me to add in the next build?
[G2 and Desire Z Android Development] palmwangja:
OC and supercharger ?
[G2 and Desire Z Android Development] masterleron:
Re: [ROM][25-02-2013] AOSP - Jelly Baby - v1.1.0

Rom's already fast enough. They would just kill battery.
[G2 and Desire Z Android Development] 350Rocket:
Re: [ROM][25-02-2013] AOSP - Jelly Baby - v1.1.0

I have extreme battery drain now. Not sure if it happened just since this rom or since the new radio or an app. Nothing crazy shows up in battery usage. Battery is done after about 7-8 hours with less than 2 hours screen time. It used to kill my nexus one in battery life which can go a day with almost 3 hours of screen on.

I'm still trying to sort out what the cause is. The rom is fast enough though.

---------- Post added at 07:54 PM ---------- Previous post was at 07:50 PM ----------

Not sure what I would like in next build. Maybe built in over clock? I realized I don't like set CPU in background. Also SMS app dark theme didn't seem to work. That mattered more to me in the nexus one with amoled screen for battery saving but I still think dark looks better
[G2 and Desire Z Android Development] masterleron:
Re: [ROM][25-02-2013] AOSP - Jelly Baby - v1.1.0

Yes dark theme is not working either. Not sure why though.:(
[G2 and Desire Z Android Development] 350Rocket:
Maybe build.prop tweaks I did hurt battery life somehow. Definitely did get improved reception. Still drops to 1 or 0 bars holding it by bottom right corner but no longer loses service altogether. Spends more time at 4-5 bars as well.
[G2 and Desire Z Android Development] captainreynolds:
If it's not there, definitely built in overclock. Also, battery percentage options!

I'm going to install this rom right now, and I'll report back with comparison between Flinny's CM10 Andromadus Test Builds. Kudos to the OP if he's 13, impressive work just to make a bootable rom, much more a good one. Keep up the work and you'll never have trouble finding a job in your life.
[G2 and Desire Z Android Development] 350Rocket:
Yeah battery percentage as well, I like the circle one if possible.
[G2 and Desire Z Android Development] masterleron:
Re: [ROM][25-02-2013] AOSP - Jelly Baby - v1.1.0

OK, so by the looks of things, its battery percentage and OC. Its the weekend tomorrow so I'll see what I can do.
[G2 and Desire Z Android Development] captainreynolds:
Yeah, so this is definitely faster. Awesome awesome. I used to run CM10 rom at 1600mhz and it was soooo much slower. Thanks for a great rom and keep it up!
[G2 and Desire Z Android Development] deeznuts13:
Re: [ROM][25-02-2013] AOSP - Jelly Baby - v1.1.0

How does this compare to mimicry? And a request would be maybe but in screenshot
[G2 and Desire Z Android Development] palmwangja:
Yeah, we need OC not to make a phone faster but to control its behavior using various governor such as interactive/smartass to save battery mileage.
[G2 and Desire Z Android Development] cain1:
Re: [ROM][25-02-2013] AOSP - Jelly Baby - v1.1.0

Take a photo with flash more darker :/
[G2 and Desire Z Android Development] 4L3xN3t:
Hi everybody. Just want to let you know this is actually the best ROM I tried for this phone...smooth like butta! Ahahahaha

Inviato dal mio Nexus 4 utilizzando Tapatalk
[G2 and Desire Z Android Development] apuntigam:
Won't boot

I'm coming back to this ROM after a break, but no matter what I do I cannot get it to boot. I've done a full wipe, I've wiped cache and dalvik more times than I can count... but on each clean install I can't get past the "android" splash screen.

What recovery have you guys been using to flash?

The only thing that's really changed is I install 4ext recovery, used to use Clockworkmod.

I can flash other ROMs, like Alterndromadus and PureKat, it's just Jelly Baby that won't work... any ideas?
[G2 and Desire Z Android Development] apuntigam:
Problem solved. This ROM does NOT like 4ext. I changed back to clockworkmod and it works.
[G2 and Desire Z Android Development] H4rry:
Hi mate, glad to hear you got it working. However, I've been using this ROM for ages and always used 4ext, never had a problem. Just make sure you use the latest version.

I'm using v1.6 of this ROM with android L keyboard and Xposed with Xblast to give transparent status bar. Looks great, runs smooth.

I really want to learn how to open ROMs up so that I can tailor it to how I want. Remove the email app, swap out the launcher etc.

Sent from my HTC Vision
[G2 and Desire Z Android Development] demkantor:
[MENTION=256503]H4rry[/MENTION]

If that's all you want to do then you're in luck, super easy

Download 7zip

Unzip ROM

Go to /system/app

Delete what you want

Add what you want

Zip up ROM and set compress to store

Then either sign it (many programs to do for you

Or

Toggle signature verification in recovery

Flash your new ROM

But if you're after doing much more you will have a lot more work. But what you want to do is a great starting place to learn!

Best of luck!
[G2 and Desire Z Android Development] H4rry:
Thank you, thank you, thank you. I had been playing with this, but was really worried I'd bugger it up.

I bet you can guess what I'll be playing with this bank holiday weekend. :) Thanks again for that.

In case anyone else is interested I found this page on XDA university http://xda-university.com/as-a-user/zip-based-rom-tweaking
[G2 and Desire Z Android Development] asdf2345:
Anyone have a working link?
[G2 and Desire Z Android Development] Bitmender:
how, where do I download the ROM ?
[G2 and Desire Z Android Development] Rrockho:
Is there a working link somewhere?
[G2 and Desire Z Android Development] bradley_e_smith:
I still have many G2 ROMS...just found them. I will try and upload a list of them
[G2 and Desire Z Android Development] NO_ob:
Could you please create a torrent for these? I will seed it forever
[G2 and Desire Z Android Development] bradley_e_smith:
Not sure exactly how to seed it, let me see if I can put it somewhere for you to grab.
[G2 and Desire Z Android Development] Pr.TOSHIBA:
Did a mirror of this ever get posted? Broke the G2 out of storage while I'm getting my primary phone back in service and I have an awful slow Sense ROM installed.
[G2 and Desire Z Android Development] zwiebelcore:
Links are dead :( anyway to get the files? thank you so much!
[G2 and Desire Z Android Development] gaga3001:
Hi,

I would like to re-vive my HTC Desire Z (aka vision).

Do you have any Custom Roms, beginning from Android 4.4?

Thanks
[G2 and Desire Z Android Development] matiuy:
Hi

I have problem .

When i try go to recovery , my phone open recovery for few seconds and continue boot system i cant install anything